At the outset, Sir, I should like to welcome the accession of your country, New Zealand, to the presidency of the Security Council and to congratulate you personally on the very able way in which you have conducted the discussions and the work of the Council since the beginning of the month. Allow m…
It is an honour for me to take part in this debate on behalf of my country. I would like to congratulate you, Madam President, for convening this meeting under your presidency. While encouraging Ms. Allamin, who spoke at the outset of the meeting, I would also like to thank Special Representative Ba…
My delegation has already had the opportunity to congratulate you, Sir, on France’s assumption of the presidency for March. We should like once again to commend your leadership and express our satisfaction at seeing you lead the Security Council’s deliberations.
I also wish to reiterate to the Coun…
I would first like to express my deep satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, preside over the Security Council during the month of March, and to tell you how pleased we are to see France lead today’s Council deliberations. I would also like to thank you for holding this debate on children and armed confli…
Mr. President, I would first like to say how pleased my delegation is to see you presiding over today’s Security Council meeting on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and to welcome the fact that the representative of Chile is steering the Council for the month of January. I woul…
On behalf of my country, and out of respect for the rules at this stage of the game, in agreement with our national group and after consulting Mr. Bula-Bula, I would like to say that the Democratic Republic of the Congo has decided to withdraw Mr. Bula-Bula’s candidacy. I would like to thank all the…
As the Argentine presidency of the Security Council draws to a close, allow me to congratulate you, Madam, on your stewardship of the discussions within this principal organ of the United Nations tasked with the maintenance of international peace and security. I would like to once again express how …
Let me begin by congratulating you, Mr. President, and expressing our satisfaction to see you preside over the Security Council in September. You are the representative of the United States of America, a country with which my country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, enjoys excellent relations,…
Mr. President, I would first like to express my great satisfaction at seeing you preside over the Security Council in this month of June, and
our honour at having the Russian Federation guide the deliberations of the Council today.
I cannot fail to mention the remarkable stewardship of your predec…
As Luxembourg’s presidency of the Security Council comes to an end, allow me, first of all, to congratulate you, Madam President, on your conduct of the business of this principal organ of the United Nations responsible for the maintenance of international peace and security. I once again reiterate …
As this is the first time I take floor in the Security Council during your presidency, allow me at the outset of my statement, to congratulate you, Madam President, and tp express how pleased I am to see you presiding over the Council during the month of March. Мy delegation thanks the Security Coun…
Madam President, as this is the first time my delegation takes the floor during your presidency of the Security Council in the month of February 2014, allow me the pleasure of
commending your work and to say how pleased my country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is to see the friendly countr…
I would like to respond to the statement just made by the representative of Rwanda, a Security Council member. The Democratic Republic of the Congo is a sovereign country that does not take orders from the representative of Rwanda, even if his country is a member of the Security Council. He has no b…
Allow me, Mr. President, as the Jordanian presidency of the Security Council comes to an end, to express to you the pleasure of my delegation at seeing you presiding over this public meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly on the final repor…
Allow me, at the beginning of my statement today, to convey how pleased I am to see you, Mr. President, presidomh over this open debate of the Security Council and to say how much this agenda item, namely, the maintenance of international peace and security, is at the core of the goals for which the…
Мy delegation has taken note of the ninth annual report of the International Criminal Court to the United Nations (see A/68/314), as presented
by the President of the Court, Judge Song. The Court’s workload continues to increase, with eight cases under investigation and eight situations under preli…
My delegation takes note of the report submitted to the General Assembly by the International Court of Justice (A/68/4), covering the period from 1 August 2012 to 31 July 2013. We note that during the reporting period, 12 contentious cases were brought before the Court, which delivered two judgments…
Allow me, first of all, to warmly congratulate you, Mr. President, on the accession of your country, Azerbaijan, to the presidency of the Security Council, and to express the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s satisfaction at seeing you, Sir, presiding over the Council during the month of October. A…
I would like first of all to thank your country, Madam President, the Argentine Republic, for holding this open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict. I also take this opportunity to thank His Excellency Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; Ms. Valerie Amos, Under-Secretary- General for …
I would like to ask the interpreters to listen carefully to my statement, as I will try to
skip details in view of the limited time available. At the outset, I would like to say how pleased I am, Sir, to see you presiding over the Security Council for the month of June. My delegation is grateful to…
